December 2018

Turkey said Tuesday it is working with the United States to coordinate the withdrawal of American forces but remains “determined” to clear U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters from northeastern Syria. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told…

An unnamed Israeli security official on Wednesday has confirmed to the Associated Press news agency that Israel was behind an overnight airstrike in Damascus. According to the official, the strike was successful in hitting a series of…

An Israeli security official on Wednesday confirmed responsibility for overnight airstrikes in Syria, saying the air force had hit a series of targets involved in Iranian arms transfers to the Hezbollah militant group. Russia had…

Israeli forces Wednesday were forced to halt construction of a cement border wall opposite south Lebanon's Kfar Kila after the Lebanese Army disputed several points planned for the wall. The incident occurred hours after dozens of Israeli…

Israeli warplanes flying over Lebanon fired missiles toward areas near the Syrian capital of Damascus late Tuesday, hitting an arms depot and wounding three soldiers, Syrian state media reported, saying that most of the missiles were shot…

Three Syrian soldiers were wounded in overnight Israeli strikes near Damascus, regime media reported Wednesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said the airstrikes targeted three positions south of…

Syrian air defences intercepted "hostile targets" near Damascus, state media reported on Tuesday. The nature of the targets was not clear. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor in Britain, said the "hostile targets" were…

A military source said an arms depot was hit and three soldiers were injured due to the attack. "Our air defences confronted hostile missiles launched by Israeli war planes from above the Lebanese territories and downed most of them before…

Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed on Wednesday that Israeli missile strikes near Damascus the previous day had directly threatened two civilian flights, saying the actions were "a gross violation of the sovereignty of Syria". "The…

An overnight air strike in Syria attributed to Israel targeted several senior Hezbollah leaders as they boarded a plane bound for Iran, the Newsweek magazine reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed Department of Defense official. Syria's…